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John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership . Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed ...
Feb 23, 2024 · John Spedan Lewis 1885-1963: remembered by some of his contemporaries in the centenary year of his birth. Bookreader Item Preview
May 8, 2024 · A visit to the John Lewis and Waitrose heritage centre. A small village not far from London contains over a century’s worth of information about that most British of retailers — John Lewis. It’s here in Cookham for a reason, as this is where John Spedan Lewis bought land to set up a country retreat for staff. However, plans drawn up in ...
Over 100 years ago our Founder, John Spedan Lewis, began an experiment into a better way of doing business by including staff in decision making on how the business would be run. He set out the principles for how the Company should operate and produced a written Constitution to help Partners understand their rights and responsibilities as co ...
www .johnlewis .com. John Lewis & Partners (formerly and commonly known as John Lewis) is a British brand of high-end department stores operating throughout the United Kingdom, with concessions also located in Ireland. The brand sells general merchandise as part of the John Lewis Partnership. [3] [4] It was created by Spedan Lewis, son of the ...
John Lewis (1838-1928) was a philosopher and town councillor. He was the founder of the John Lewis department store and the department store chain. He was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset and orphaned at the age of seven. He was raised by his aunt Ann Speed. John Lewis was apprenticed to a local draper at the age of fourteen, and he moved to ...
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Sep 10, 2018 · John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963) Constance Lynn, John Spedan Lewis’s secretary and housekeeper from 1928 to 1961, remembers the Partnership’s founder. Miss Constance Lynn 1930. “We used to work in London during the week and go to Leckford, Mr Lewis’s country house, at the weekends, still working. It was a seven-day-a-week job.
